NEW DELHI, India — After risking his own safety to help fleeing refugees at the Pakistan/India border, a Gospel for Asia (GFA) missionary trainee in Kashmir was found murdered in early June.
The Indian born student was training for pioneer evangelism ministry at a GFA Bible school located five kilometers from the Pakistan border. GFA leaders in India believe that Muslim extremists are responsible for his death.
“We are grieved over the loss of this young man,” said K.P. Yohannan, founder and president of GFA, a missions organization based near Dallas, Texas. “He gave it all, and our hearts are with his family.”
Though senior ministry leaders had authorized all GFA workers to leave the area, the student and 46 others chose to stay behind to assist the refugees being displaced by border unrest.
Since the war in Afghanistan began last year, dozens of terrorist groups are active near GFA’s Bible school in Kashmir. Recently several GFA workers narrowly escaped death when a bus they had just stepped off of exploded.
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